Butterflies and a surprise ending!

This monarch pic is from the Dallas Arboretum taken with my iPhone. I wish I could attract some monarchs in my garden. Caterpillars love dill plants. Let them devour it because they are host plants for lovely butterflies to come. The caterpillar below is a swallowtail I believe. Caterpillars have distinct markings too. It is so interesting.

I'm planting milkweed in my garden this year to attract butterflies especially the monarch butterfly. Gardening is rewarding and therapeutic.

It was fun to join Thoughts of Home and Share your Cup Garden Party today with several prior garden posts and this one on butterflies today.

Oh my goodness Bonnie, your photos are stunning! I love butterflies in the garden and I usually have them but this year so far we haven't had many. I guess I need to plant more plants to attract them. Thanks for sharing your beautiful gardens…...

I love butterflies in my garden. I'm like a little giddy girl running around chasing them trying to get a photo. Not a pretty sight. lol! You got some fabulous ones. I have heard that they are encouraging people to plant milkweed for the butterflies. I agree the those eggs are a beautiful sight! Thanks for sharing with our Garden Party.hugs,Jann

Gorgeous Bonnie and I love seeing those beautiful blue Robin's eggs too! I've just seen some swallowtail butterflies in the last week fluttering by and I picked up a couple of pots of pentas and lantana to attract more pollinators this summer. Last year was the first time in YEARS since I spotted a monarch butterfly...what a thrill. I need to see about planting some milkweed!

Bonnie, such gorgeous photos and the butter garden is so pretty. I love to watch them flutter about. Isn't that nest the sweetest with the pretty eggs? I am always on the lookout for a hummingbird nest. My Mother has seen them. Happy Wednesday. xo

These butterflies are so pretty! I, too, love swallowtails and monarchs. When we lived in Greensboro, I had a perennial garden with lots of flowers that the butterflies liked. I had coreopsis, zinnias, Sweet William, shasta daisies, black-eyed susans, speedwell, and hollyhocks. I loved the flowers as much as the butterflies. :)

Those robins eggs are just gorgeous, aren't they? I still want a room in our house that color (just a few shades lighter). Hope all is well with you and happy weekend to you.